No Other Business

One of my favorite short-stops is at the bread store.  When do I go there?  When I need bread, of course!

 

This remark by Oswald Chambers made me chuckle: Oh, the clamor of these days!  A more common word for clamor is racket, and there's lot of that these days.  For most of us, morning thoughts are typically of what is to be accomplished before our heads return to the pillow -  what's the business of today?  Then the clamor begins!  It was a young Messiah Who said "did you not know I would be about my Fathers business? (Luke 2:49).  Instead of skimming rocks, kicking a ball, or a game of tag, Jesus was about holy business.  Spiritual rebirth not also justifies, it sanctifies us for a different life.  In essence, we are changed: along with a new heart, we are given new dreams, visions, purposes -- all fundamentally different than before.  "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20).  So, about those morning thoughts, what sort of business am I to be about day-after-day?  Am I about The Father's business or am I putting to death Christ in me by living for myself?  Ouch!  Christ doing His work in-and-through me day-after-day is the Christian's specialty.  We do much in a day and it is all to be Christ at work.  Christianity is not a way of doing certain things, it is a certain way of doing all things!  There is no other business so great as The Father's business -- specialize in Christ!